Deserialization in Nerdpressteam Hubbub Lite – Fast, Free Social Sharing And Follow Buttons

CVE-2024-2501

The Hubbub Lite – Fast, Reliable Social Sharing Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.33.1 via deserialization of untrusted input via the 'dpsp_maybe_unserialize' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2501?
CVE-2024-2501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nerdpressteam Hubbub Lite – Fast, Free Social Sharing And Follow Buttons, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-2501?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2501 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.